CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $47 million for the Saturday, April 5, 2025, drawing, making it the top lottery prize this weekend. Not far behind is the Mega Millions jackpot, which is $43 million for the Friday, April 4 drawing. Saturday’s Classic Lotto jackpot is $2.8 million.
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The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are more than 292 million to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers but not the Powerball and win a second-prize of at least $1 million. The odds of winning a third prize of at least $50,000 are 913,129 to 1.
A Powerball ticket sold in Missouri won $50,000 but just missed the $20 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Monday, March 31, the Missouri Lottery said.
The six-figure winning Powerball game was sold prior to Wednesday’s drawing at the Circle K gas station/convenience store at 906 Folly Road in Charleston, officials said.
A Washington, D.C., man who won a Powerball drawing last week said he had a dream about winning big after the tragic deaths of his mother and his dog.
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SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio resident has claimed a Powerball prize worth $1 million from the drawing held on Jan. 25. The winning ticket was purchased at Gasgo Markets Inc., located at 13041 State Highway 16 N. in Helotes.
The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, March 31 drawing with a jackpot back to $20 million ($9.3 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.